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Hi all, I have an E3 that has a torn stand-off hole on the sail. Along the trailing edge of the E3 there are 4 holes on each side of the wing. It's the second from center on the right side. I tugged a little too hard while it was on the ground to avoid the walk of shame and it ripped. Now I don't know what to do. I don't know how it can be repaired without undoing the whole sail. Does Prism do fixes? Is there something else I can do? I'm going to Australia in May and want to take it with me.

Hi all, I have an E3 that has a torn stand-off hole on the sail. Along the trailing edge of the E3 there are 4 holes on each side of the wing. It's the second from center on the right side. I tugged a little too hard while it was on the ground to avoid the walk of shame and it ripped. Now I don't know what to do. I don't know how it can be repaired without undoing the whole sail. Does Prism do fixes? Is there something else I can do? I'm going to Australia in May and want to take it with me.

Where are you located? there might be someone near you that can help out as well....there seem to be more people that are getting comfortable with sewing sport kites...

Post up some good pics. Prism does repairs but they probably wouldn't get your kite back to you in time for your trip. Depending on how bad the holes are I might be able to help you out.

It's not a hole in the sail. It's the trailing edge material that stand-off baton sticks in that connects to lower spreader. There are four holes that the stand-offs fit into depending on wind speeds. One of them I tore from the hole to the trailing edge. Think of it like a person tearing their pierced ear from the hole to the bottom the earlobe. Same thing except this is kite so it's somewhat less painful (contingent upon how much you love the kite).

Hi all, I have an E3 that has a torn stand-off hole on the sail. Along the trailing edge of the E3 there are 4 holes on each side of the wing. It's the second from center on the right side. I tugged a little too hard while it was on the ground to avoid the walk of shame and it ripped. Now I don't know what to do. I don't know how it can be repaired without undoing the whole sail. Does Prism do fixes? Is there something else I can do? I'm going to Australia in May and want to take it with me.

Where are you located? there might be someone near you that can help out as well....there seem to be more people that are getting comfortable with sewing sport kites...

Post up some good pics. Prism does repairs but they probably wouldn't get your kite back to you in time for your trip. Depending on how bad the holes are I might be able to help you out.

It's not a hole in the sail. It's the trailing edge material that stand-off baton sticks in that connects to lower spreader. There are four holes that the stand-offs fit into depending on wind speeds. One of them I tore from the hole to the trailing edge. Think of it like a person tearing their pierced ear from the hole to the bottom the earlobe. Same thing except this is kite so it's somewhat less painful (contingent upon how much you love the kite).

Post up some good pics. Prism does repairs but they probably wouldn't get your kite back to you in time for your trip. Depending on how bad the holes are I might be able to help you out.

It's not a hole in the sail. It's the trailing edge material that stand-off baton sticks in that connects to lower spreader. There are four holes that the stand-offs fit into depending on wind speeds. One of them I tore from the hole to the trailing edge. Think of it like a person tearing their pierced ear from the hole to the bottom the earlobe. Same thing except this is kite so it's somewhat less painful (contingent upon how much you love the kite).

Ok, thats an easy repair. As Allen said use some superglue. Use some masking tape on the front to hold the tear together while you glue it and once it is dry remove the tape. Adding some dacron insignia tape folded over the trailing edge Like Stapp suggested will hide the repair well and add more strength. Just make sure you shape the insignia tape to the dacron reinforcement on the sail and poke the hole for the standoff again.

Wow! Thanks all! I'm cool with re-punching the hole I just need the dacron tape. That makes a lot of sense and it's really just a very small amount. I mean that trailing edge is pretty thin. So, use super glue, dacron tape and then repunch. Just something sharp of very similar diameter to repunch?

Any suggestions on purchasing some black dacron tape? I noticed Prism has a repair kit. Is it in that or is that overkill?

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